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Quaternary Sediments in Geosites: Evidence from the Western Caucasus

Heritage, 2023
Some previous studies have already highlighted the importance of Quaternary sediments as geoheritage, although the related knowledge remains incomplete and geographically biased.
Dmitry A. Ruban
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Accessibility of Geoheritage Sites—A Methodological Proposal

Heritage, 2021
Accessibility is an important property of geoheritage sites (geosites), which is commonly considered in their assessment. A new method, which refers partly to previous developments, is proposed to assess this property semiquantitatively.
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban, Vladimir A. Ermolaev   +2 more
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ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES IN THE AIRFLOW AROUND MOUNTAINS AND THE PROBLEM OF FLIGHT SAFETY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ADYGEYA

Ecologica Montenegrina, 2017
This article considers airflow around mountain systems as a meso-scale atmospheric phenomenon. It presents a non-linear stationary dimensional theoretical model of the airflow of the North-West Caucasus Mountains, taking into account characteristics of a real mountain terrain.
Bedanokov, Murat K., Berzegova, Roza B., Kuizheva, Saida K.   +2 more
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The Khadzhokh Canyon System—An Important Geosite of the Western Caucasus

Geosciences, 2020
True diversity of geological heritage sites (geosites) is yet to be fully understood. New field studies of the Khadzhokh Canyon and its vicinities in the Western Caucasus (Mountainous Adygeya tourist destination, southwestern Russia) have allowed ...
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban, Vladimir A. Ermolaev   +2 more
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The Partisan Glade Geosite (Western Greater Caucasus) as an Important Resource and Rising Tourist Attraction

Geoconservation Research
Geoheritage is an important resource for contemporary society, and the inventory of geosites remains an urgent task, especially in geologically rich, but poorly known regions.
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban, Svetlana O. Zorina, Fatmeh Tahhan, Konstantin I. Nikashin   +4 more
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Palaeoecological importance of trace fossils from the Permian, Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of Mountainous Adygeya

Известия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведка, 2015
Trace fossils may be of crucial importance for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, which is demonstrated by example of new ichnological finds in Mountainous Adygeya.
E. E. Plyusnina, A. Yu. Komogorova, P. P. Zayats, D. A. Ruban   +3 more
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Three Landscape-Dominating Mountains of the Western Caucasus: Case Studies of Local Heritage and Cultural Inferences

Heritage
Geomorphosite inventory remains an urgent task for many geographical domains where it can facilitate the exploration of geoheritage resources. The present study reports a new and sufficient portion of information from Mountainous Adygeya in southwestern ...
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban, Vladimir A. Ermolaev   +2 more
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Expansion of Tourism Infrastructure Can Be Beneficial for Geoheritage: Evidence from the Western Caucasus

Heritage
Geoheritage is commonly regarded as an important natural resource for tourism, but the latter can be a factor of risk to the former. A case study in the Western Caucasus, where the rural area of Mountainous Adygeya hosts many geosites (including those ...
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban
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Species Composition, Ecological Preferences, and Chromosomal Polymorphism of Malaria Mosquitoes of the Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea Coast of the Caucasus. [PDF]

Insects
Moskaev AV, Bega AG, Brusentsov II, Naumenko AN, Karagodin DA, Razumeiko VN, Andrianov BV, Goryacheva II, Lee EY, Panov VI, Sharakhov IV, Sharakhova MV, Gordeev MI.   +12 more
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The Charophytes (Characeae, Charophyceae) of the Caucasus. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Romanov RE, Zhakova LV, Efremov AN, Konechnaya GY, Boldina ON, Afanasyev DF, Akatova TV, Melnikov DG.   +7 more
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